Background*

Mr. Herman H. F. Wijffels has been Chairman of the Executive Board of Rabobank Nederland, The Netherlands (a cooperative banking organization doing business internationally) since 1986. Mr. Wijffels serves as Chairman of the Socio-Economic Council (SER) of the Netherlands. He displayed great wisdom, consistency and understanding of the human factor and always had an open eye for developments in the field of Corporate Governance. He served as Chairman of Supervisory Board ... of Royal DSM N.V. until 2002. Mr. Wijffels served as Member of Supervisory board of SHV Holdings NV since May 28, 2004. Mr. Wijffels has been a Director of Pioneer Hi-Bred International, Inc., since 1990.

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